Be Happy!

Because I've spent much of my teaching career talking about the first half of the twentieth century, with all of its attendant horrors, I tire easily of all of the dour pessimism that permeates the news and our cultural mileau. This editorial from William Kristol reminded me of why (whatever our political persuasions) we really should be a lot happier and optimistic than we typically report ourselves to be - http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1640412,00.html.